#D8D540#D8D540

#D8D540 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.163 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D540
RGB	rgb(216, 213, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -15.98, 69.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 71.60, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.051 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.163 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.0405, 62.5593, 14.1307)
Luminance	0.6256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D540 #4043D8

analogous

#D88940 #D8D540 #8FD840

triadic

#D8D540 #40D8D5 #D540D8

tetradic

#D8D540 #40D889 #4043D8 #D8408F

square

#D8D540 #40D889 #4043D8 #D8408F

split-complementary

#D8D540 #408FD8 #8940D8

monochromatic

#83811B #B6B325 #D8D540 #E2E073 #EDEBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D8D540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#D8D540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D540

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D540	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 213, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.163 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e17e',
    500: '#d8d540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d540;
$custom-light: #e8e17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.816,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84977,
    "c": 0.16292,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D540

secondary

#33348A

accent

#42E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D540

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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